Paradox and Discovery
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Paradox and Discovery is a philosophical work by John Oulton Wisdom that explores the role of paradox in scientific and philosophical inquiry and the process of conceptual discovery.
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| Paradox and Discovery canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paradox and Discovery Context triple: [John Oulton Wisdom, notableWork, Paradox and Discovery]
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Paradox
Paradox is a relational database management system and development environment originally popular on DOS and Windows, known for its ease of use and integration with Borland’s programming tools.
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the paradox of inquiry
The paradox of inquiry is a philosophical problem, discussed in Plato’s Meno, that questions how one can search for knowledge of something completely unknown without already having some prior grasp of it.
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Paradoxa
Paradoxa is a work attributed to the ancient Greek engineer and writer Philo of Byzantium, likely dealing with curious or paradoxical mechanical and scientific phenomena.
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D.
A Paradox of Existence
"A Paradox of Existence" is a philosophical work by Stephen Yablo that explores self-reference, existence, and paradoxes in metaphysics and logic.
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Prescience
Prescience is a British film finance and production company known for backing a range of independent and commercially successful movies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Paradox and Discovery Target entity description: Paradox and Discovery is a philosophical work by John Oulton Wisdom that explores the role of paradox in scientific and philosophical inquiry and the process of conceptual discovery.
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A.
Paradox
Paradox is a relational database management system and development environment originally popular on DOS and Windows, known for its ease of use and integration with Borland’s programming tools.
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B.
the paradox of inquiry
The paradox of inquiry is a philosophical problem, discussed in Plato’s Meno, that questions how one can search for knowledge of something completely unknown without already having some prior grasp of it.
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C.
Paradoxa
Paradoxa is a work attributed to the ancient Greek engineer and writer Philo of Byzantium, likely dealing with curious or paradoxical mechanical and scientific phenomena.
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D.
A Paradox of Existence
"A Paradox of Existence" is a philosophical work by Stephen Yablo that explores self-reference, existence, and paradoxes in metaphysics and logic.
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E.
Prescience
Prescience is a British film finance and production company known for backing a range of independent and commercially successful movies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | philosophical work ⓘ |
| addresses |
conceptual innovation in philosophy
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conceptual innovation in science ⓘ heuristic role of paradoxes ⓘ interaction between paradox and theory revision ⓘ |
| author | John Oulton Wisdom ⓘ |
| concerns |
creative aspects of reasoning
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resolution of conceptual puzzles ⓘ role of anomalies in theory development ⓘ |
| discusses |
limits of formal logic in discovery
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philosophical method ⓘ scientific explanation ⓘ |
| explores |
function of paradox in theory change
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process of conceptual clarification ⓘ relationship between paradox and discovery ⓘ role of paradox in the growth of knowledge ⓘ |
| field |
epistemology
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philosophy of science ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
conceptual analysis
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logical paradoxes ⓘ methodology of science ⓘ |
| genre | academic philosophy ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | J. O. Wisdom ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
discovery
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paradox ⓘ philosophical inquiry ⓘ scientific method ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
advanced students of philosophy
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philosophers ⓘ philosophy of science scholars ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
conceptual discovery
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paradox in philosophical inquiry ⓘ paradox in scientific inquiry ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
concept formation
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history of ideas ⓘ philosophy of logic ⓘ |
| workOf | John Oulton Wisdom ⓘ |
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